Side bar for buggies



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No; 314,077. [PatentedMan 17, 1885.

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Nrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' ROBERT ST. CLAIR, OF VEEDERSBURG, INDIANA.

SIDE BAR FOR BUGGIES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 314,077, dated March 17, 1885,

Application filed October 29,1884. (No model.)

as hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my new and improved side bar attached to springs, the springs being shown in cross-section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my new side bar attached to the head-block and axle-cap and aXle, the cap, axle, and the block being shown in cross-section. Fig. 4 is an inverted, plan view of the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation taken on the line w w of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 6 is a similar view taken on the line y y of Fig. 4.

The side bar, A, is composed of the wooden portion 1) and the bottom plate, 0. The headblock B, spring 0, axle D, and axle-cap E may be of the ordinary or of any approved construction. The bottom plate, 0, is secured to the under surface of the wooden portion 1), preferably by the screws a; but rivets or bolts may be used, if desired. The plate 0, in Figs.

1, 2, and 5, is bent downward at its ends, as

shown at c, to receive the springs 0 above them, and are by preference slightly widened, as shown clearly at 0", Figs. 2 and 5, and drilled to receive the lower ends of the clips d, so that a single clip is made to securethe wooden portion 1), bottom plate, 0, and springs 0 together, the springs being preferably held between the wooden portion 0 and the ends of the bottomplate, c. In this manner the bottom plate adds strength to and braces the springs and divides the strain upon the clips d, which, without the bottom plate, would come entirely upon the upper side of the wooden portion 12, and with the bottom plate, 0, the wooden portion b is relieved of considerable pressure, which is taken by the springs 0 below.

Where my invention is to be applied to buggies without springs, the ends of the bottom plate, 0, will be bent downward, as shown at e e, and then upward, to form the lips f, to embrace the head-block B and the axle and cap D E, as shown in Fig. 3. The head-block B is supported upon the downwardly-bent forward end'bf the bottom plate, 0, and the head-block and bottom plate are secured to the wooden portion of the side bar, A, by the bolt g, the forward lip fforming an offset or brace for holding the head-block B and for relieving it from strain, and it serves also to stiffen the frame and to prevent the side bar from swaying and getting out of position on .the head-block, and, by means of the rivetsj 9', passed horizontally through the lip f and head-block, the latter is prevented from splitting. I

The rear end of the bottom plate, 0, is secured to the axle D and axlecap E by the vertical bolt h, which secures the side bar firmly to the axle, so that it will not work out of place, and through the rear lip fand the cap E, I pass the rivets i t, which serve to pre vent the cap E from splitting.

Bythe use of the bottom plate, 0, the side barjs made very strong, and the side bar will hold its shape, so that it is practical to make the wooden portion 1) of inferior wood and yet produce a side bar that is even stronger and better than all wood side bars made of the best material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The bottom plate, 0, of the side bar, A, having the clips d passed through it for securing the plate, spring, and wooden portion b together, as set forth.

2. The bottom plate, 0, of the side bar, A, widened, as shown at c, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. The bottom plate, 0, of the side bar, A, bent downward at c to receive the spring 0 above it, substantially as described.

4. The bottom plate, 0, of the side bar, A, bent to form the end lip f, substantially as 'described.

5. The bottom plate, 0, bent to form the lips f, adapted toembrace the head-block and axle and cap, and to have horizontal rivets passed through the lip, head-block, and axle-cap, as set forth.

Witnesses: ROBERT ST. CLAIR.

G. W. CARPENTER, JAMES SIMrsoN.

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